The Orgones

Since forming in 1999, Bowling Green, OH's the Orgones have released two albums and have endured some bizarre live shows. Probably the strangest of them all was the annual biker gathering The Party on the Road in LaRue, OH, where the band had to stop their set halfway through in order for the Harley riders to raffle off lighters and T-shirts. Guitarist/vocalist Ron Werdebaugh had lived in Boston during the late '80s and gained some underground notoriety for being a member of the band Kildevil Blues. In the early '90s, Werdebaugh moved to Bowling Green to attend college. During this time in Bowling Green, future Orgones drummer Phil Dickinson (aka D. Lee Plaza) was pounding the skins for bands like Phil-Mwowm, "Pleasant" Ashtray, Brownstar, Polyp, the Dicktones, and the Plastic Factory. Most of the groups covered '60s garage bands and '70s punk acts. Werdebaugh's girlfriend, Mande Miller, introduced Dickinson to Werdebaugh through the local United Christian Fellowship chapter. Guitarist/vocalist Damion Heintschel was also introduced to Werdebaugh through the U.C.F. connection. Dickinson and Heintschel had already known one another from seeing each other out at shows in Bowling Green. Heintschel, who had played in the Toledo, OH, band the Sweet Little Hi-Fi's, suggested to Dickinson that the two start a band together in 1998. However, Dickinson was busy performing with the Plastic Factory. When 1999 rolled around, Heintschel approached Werdebaugh about getting together for a practice. Heintschel recruited his friend Rich Weaver to play bass. Weaver was fairly well-known in Bowling Green, having performed in the bands Brutally Frank and the Wobblies during the mid-'90s. Dickinson, who was still drumming in the Plastic Factory, was approached by Werdebaugh about playing in...